UUKWANDONGO, 22 August 2026 — Omukwaniilwa (King) Johannes Mupiya of the Ongandjera Traditional Authority has officially handed over more than 60 hectares of fertile land to the state to bolster agricultural production and national food security. Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare accepted the land grant on behalf of the government during a ceremony on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

EPUKIRO, 22 August 2026 - Epukiro Constituency Councillor, Pineal 'Packy' Pakarae. (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaking at the opening of the Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

HELAO NAFIDI, 22 August 2026 - The pavilion at the sports field of the new Helao Nafidi Sports Centre. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

EPUKIRO, 22 August 2026 - Agricultural sector key in achieving NDP6 (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2026 shows rickshaws on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2023, UNESCO announced the inclusion of Bangladesh's iconic rickshaws and rickshaw painting in Dhaka on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. (Photo by Habibur Rahman/Xinhua)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Children play near a traditional threshing demonstration during the Harvest Festival in Provins, France, Aug. 23, 2026. The medieval town of Provins celebrated its Harvest Festival on Sunday, featuring float parades, traditional threshing demonstrations, vintage tractors and folk dances. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2026 shows the aftermath of a powerful storm in Riga, Latvia. A powerful cyclone swept northward across the three Baltic states on Saturday, killing two as strong winds, torrential rain and thunderstorms ravaged Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Yin Yuzhen is reunited with Ronald Sakolsky at an airport in Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 23, 2026. Retired U.S. teacher Ronald Sakolsky, who once supported China's desertification control efforts, arrived in Ordos on Sunday and was reunited with his friend Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker who has been planting trees in the Maowusu Sandy Land for four decades. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalists Wang Chang (L) and Liang Weikeng of China pose on the podium after the men's doubles final between Wang Chang/Liang Weikeng of China and Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia at BWF World Championships in New Delhi, Aug. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters are seen in an operation to control a spreading wildfire fueled by weeks of extreme summer heat and dry vegetation in Strumica, North Macedonia, August 22, 2026. (Photo by Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- The robot of Tianjiao Team competes during the final of Long Jump of the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 23, 2026. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers transfer stranded residents in Ningming County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 23, 2026. For days, Ningming County has been battered by typhoon-triggered heavy rainfall. Response forces have pooled their efforts to urgently evacuate stranded residents. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)